10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WOSBIRD»
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Wood-sour. —. Wosbird. 183. for inventions, drawing, verse-making, butterfly-
collecting, or anything else of a similar nature which lies outside the ordinary
routine of a labourer's daily life, would be described as always 'aater his '
oonderments.
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A glossary of words used in the county of Wiltshire
Wood-sour. —. Wosbird. 1. 83. for inventions, drawing, verse-making, butterfly-
collecting, or anything else of a similar nature which lies outside the ordinary
routine of a labourer's daily life, would be described as always ' aater his ...
George Edward Dartnell, Edward Hungerford Goddard, 1893
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Original Glossaries. XXIII. Isle of Wight Words
48 whippunce, 23 whirlers, 24 Whirlibone, 24 whisp, 23 whit, 27 white 'en's chick
(the), 24 white-rice, p. 48 white-wood, p. 48 whitty, 27 whitwhat, 27 whooam,
hooam, p. 16 whoot, woub, 23 whosn, p. 71 whusbird, wusbird, wosbird ...
Walter William Skeat, Henry Smith, Charles Roach Smith, 1881
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A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and ...
48 whippunce, 23 whirlers, 24 whirlibone, 24 whisp, 23 whit, 27 white 'en's chick (
the), 24 white-rice, p. 48 white-wood, p. 48 whitty, 27 whitwhat, 27 whooam,
hooam, p. 16 whoot, woub, 23 whosn, p. 71 whusbird, wus- bird, wosbird, 23
whutle, ...
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Original Glossaries: XXIII. Isle of Wight Words, by Henry ...
48 whitty, 27 whitwhat, 27 whooam, hooam, p. 16 whoot, woub, 23 whosn, p. 71
whusbird, wusbird, wosbird, 23 whutle, 26 wig, 26 wild as winter thunner, 25
wildin, 24 willey, 23 wilter, 24 wim, 23 wimsaail, winsul, 23 wimsheet, 23 winded,
p.
English Dialect Society, Walter William Skeat, 1881
Senex. Why so, Simon ? Simon. 'Cos a twoad 'ant got no tayl, zur! I do thenk a's
the stingiest owld wosbird in the 'orld. Last winter a was buildin' a cow- hus, and
because a wouldn't buy hair to mix vvi' the marter, a shaved bis donkey so close ...
Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith, 1850
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Spring-tide: Or, The Angler and His Friends
Pray what does he mean by a wosbird ? S. It has been supposed by many to be a
term synonymous with bastard, but I am half inclined to the opinion of a friend,
who suggests that the first syllable is composed of the Anglo-Saxon " wo," wrong,
...
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The English Dialect Dictionary: T-Z. Supplement. ...
Sus. Hmp. Wil. Also in forms husbird Hmp. ; oozbird Sus. ; oozebird Wil.1 A term
of abuse for a good-for-nothing person ; applied also to children. w.Sus. (R.B.),
Hmp. (H.R.), Wil.1 (s.v. Wosbird). See Wosbird. HOSHEN, sb. Sc. See below. Gall
.
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The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete ...
Sus. Hmp. Wil. Also in forms husbird Hmp.; oozbird Sus.; oozebird Wil.1 A term of
abuse for a good-for-nothing person; applied also to children. w.Sus. (R.B.), Hmp.
(H.R.), Wil.1 (s.v. Wosbird). See Wosbird. HOSHEN, sb. Sc. See below. Gall.
Simon. 'Cos a twoad 'ant got no tayl, zur ! I do thenk a's the stingiest owld wosbird
in the 'orld. Last winter a was buildin' a cow- hus, and because a wouldn't buy
hair to mix wi' the niarter, a shaved his donkey so close that the poor beayst was
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